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Exodus 12:2

This month, is, to you, a beginning of months,—the first, it is, to you, of the months of the year.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

In Context

1Then spake Yahweh, unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt saying—

3Speak ye unto all the assembly of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month, then let them take to them, each man a lamb for his ancestral household, a lamb for a household.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:4To-day, are, ye, coming forth,—in the month Abib.

Exodus 34:18The festival of unleavened cakes, shalt thou keep, seven days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes, which I commanded thee, at the set time, in the month Abib,—for in the month Abib, camest thou forth out of Egypt.

Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is a Passover unto Yahweh;

Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib, when thou shalt keep a passover unto Yahweh thy God,—for in the month of Abib, did Yahweh thy God bring thee forth out of Egypt by night:

Ezekiel 45:21In the first month on the fourteenth day of the month, shall ye have the passover, —a festival of seven days, unleavened cakes shall be, eaten;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:2-21

The Appointment of the Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his… Read the whole commentary →

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